Manchester Orchestra by Shervin Lainez
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Manchester Orchestra have shared a brand new track entitled No Rule.
The song has been shared as the band prepare to play some headline US dates leading into an appearance at their hometown Atlanta’s ‘Stuffing’ festival with Julien Baker, Lunar Vacation, Joy Oladokun, Petey and Leah on November 18th.
No Rule was written during the sessions which resulted in 2021’s The Million Masks Of God, an album which explored, ‘the loose story of a man’s encounter with the angel of death’.
yunè pinku has shared her brand new single Fai Fighter, describing it as a, ‘homage to the chaos of vulnerability’.
“I imagined it existing in a metaverse arena or a futuristic realm of some sorts,” the Irish producer and singer continued.
“I think for me I struggle to articulate the meaning of this track because it’s much more of a feeling than a specific word. But it’s sort of a phoenix rising, an embrace of femininity.”
Kojey Radical has given a fresh twist to Kae Tempest’s The Line Is A Curve album track Move after the pair met whilst appearing on Later…With Jools Holland.
“Kae was a pivotal inspiration as I began my career so finally getting the chance to work with them was a dream come true,” Kojey said on the release of Move Rework.
“As soon as I heard the record I was excited. It’s pure energy with an interesting perspective and I hope you enjoy.”
Aidan Zamiri has directed the video for Jockstrap’s latest single Greatest Hits, describing Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye as, ‘one of the most exciting bands in the world’.
“I’m stoked we were able to make this video together,” Zamiri continued. “We wanted this to have a bit of a reflection on the time we live in now, whilst still having a sense of humour about it.”
“Georgia and Taylor are geniuses, and I was so grateful to explore this mad story with them. We did our best to make it as legally accurate as possible (with a few artistic liberties) and this was possible thanks to Jean Lee, our barrister consultant who also played the judge.”
Hatchie is streaming a brand new track entitled Nosedive, a dancefloor affair written in 2021 with Joe Agius and Jorge Elbrecht.
“We were inspired to recreate the energy we felt there and experiment with a lyric-free chorus,” she explains. “There aren’t any other songs in our live show that are this punchy, so we wanted to write something angry and powerful.”
“It’s about realizing you don’t have control over your life despite your best efforts; I wanted the lyrics to sound like the devil on your shoulder convincing you to self sabotage.”
Dream Wife’s new single Leech is an, ‘anthem for empathy’, according to the trio.
“For solidarity,” they continued. “Musically tense and withheld, erupting to angry cathartic crescendos. The push and pull of the song lyrically and musically expands and contracts, stating and calling out the double standards of power.”
“Nobody really wins in a patriarchal society. We all lose. We could all use more empathy. As our first song to be released in a while, we wanted to write something that feels like letting an animal out of a cage. It’s out. And it’s out for blood.”
Black Honey have set their new album A Fistful Of Peaches for release on March 17th next year.
“If the vibe of Written & Directed was creating this whole Tarantino world and this safe space of me almost refusing help and saying I was fine, then with this album it’s the opposite,” Izzy Phillips said.
“Lockdown had happened, I’d had two years of not writing anything and feeling like my entire purpose had gone down the drain, I’d been in intense therapy which was exhausting, and what came out was just me regurgitating things from my entire life and building my brain cells back to how they should be.
Red Rum Club have premiered the official video for The River after recently returning from their first headline tour of North America.
“The peaks and troughs of adolescence,” Fran Doran said. “The River Mersey was the spot for spontaneous celebrations of youth, teenage love and loss.”
“This track reminisces on summer days of blue skies and brown water. The song emulates those summer nights by starting quiet and tranquil only to quickly grow into a rowdy, energetic track with a real feel of teen angst and explosive anticipation.”
Ailbhe Reddy has set her new album Endless Affair for release on March 17th next year.
The announcement has come with a video for lead single Shitshow, sparked from the lyric, ‘My god, look at the state of me, this is so embarrassing, won’t you take me home?’.
“It’s kind of addressing another person and kind of addressing myself from the perspective of the morning after,” Reddy continued.
